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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apple Safari before 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an RSS feed.
The weakness was released 07/22/2010 by Natalie Silvanovich (team509) with Apple as HT4276 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1778 since 05/06/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47888 (Safari < 5.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10064.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (47888). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4317, 54209, 54208 and 54207.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 47888
Nessus Name: Safari < 5.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 862241
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qt FEDORA-2010-11011
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: support.apple.com
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Timeline
05/06/2010 🔍07/22/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT4276
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (team509)
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1778 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26640 - Apple Safari \x3C 5.0.1 Cross Site Scripting via an RSS Feed, Medium
SecurityFocus: 42020 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0.1 and 4.1.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40664 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 66844 - Apple Safari RSS Feed XSS
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Entry
Created: 08/19/2010 02:00Updated: 03/18/2021 09:51
Changes: 08/19/2010 02:00 (83), 03/01/2017 11:49 (10), 03/18/2021 09:51 (3)
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